England in Europe : English Royal Women and Literary Patronage c1000-1150 /

England in Europe : English Royal Women and Literary Patronage c1000-1150 /

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"In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of AEthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of Edward the Confessor. Tyler offers a bold literary and historical analysis of both texts an...

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Main Author: Tyler, E. M. (Elizabeth M.), 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Emma, > Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, > -1052.
Edith, > Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, > approximately 1020-1075.
Encomium Emmae Reginae.
Vie d'Edouard le Confesseur.
Women > Middle Ages.
Queens.
Politics and literature.
Normans.
Literary patrons.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Normands (Français) > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Litterature europeenne > Influence anglaise.
Politique et litterature > Histoire.
Mecenes de la litterature > Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes > Angleterre > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
DISCOUNT-B.
Normans > Great Britain > Biography.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
European literature > English influences.
Politics and literature > History.
Literary patrons > England > History.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Great Britain.
England.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Vernacular foundations
  • 2. Fictions of family: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and Virgil's Aeneid
  • 3. Talking about history: the Encomium Emmae reginae and the Court of Harthacnut
  • 4. The politics of allusion in eleventh-century England: classical poets and the Vita AEdwardi
  • 5. Reading through the conquest
  • 6. The women of 1066
  • 7. Edith Becomes Matilda
  • Conclusion: endings and beginnings.
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Note on Translations and Referencing
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Geneaological Table
  • Introduction
  • 1 Vernacular Foundations
  • 2 Fictions of Family: The Encomium Emmae reginae and Virgil's Aeneid
  • 3 Talking about History: The Encomium Emmae reginae and the Court of Harthacnut
  • 4 The Politics of Allusion in Eleventh-Century England: Classical Poets and the Vita AEdwardi
  • 5 Reading through the Conquest
  • 6 The Women of 1066
  • 7 Edith Becomes Matilda
  • Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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